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AMD introduces tuner products to deliver HDTV on PCs
 
Indiantelevision.com Team

(17 October 2007 3:00 pm)

 

MUMBAI: AMD is expanding its TV Wonder product lineup that enables HDTV on the PC.

This is being done through 'Best Buy' stores across the US. The company says that ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB, TV Wonder 600 PCI and TV Wonder 600 PCI Express transform PCs into exceptional high definition digital video recorders.

The TV Wonder family of products is AMD Live! ready and certified for Windows Vista.

 

ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB includes two TV tuners allowing users to watch and record off-the-air Digital TV/HDTV, unencrypted Digital TV (ClearQAM) cable programming, analog TV and listen to FM broadcasts.

TV Wonder 600 PCI and TV Wonder 600 PCI Express TV tuners break new ground by offering ClearQAM at a value of $99 MSRP.

AMD VP marketing, graphics products group Matt Skynner says, "No other company offers this exceptional choice of connectivity and configuration in TV tuner PC products. Our graphics pedigree is built on long-standing leadership in TV and video on the PC. The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB and ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI/PCI Express, offered through VisionTek, take the best of our company's digital TV experience and enable amazing HDTV on PCs today."

 
Catalyst Media Center software, available with the ATI TV Wonder products, features placeshifting to view TV programs in a variety of environments. Unrestricted recorded TV programs can be quickly converted with two mouse clicks into most popular formats currently used today for viewing video on portable media devices.

The ATI TV Wonder hybrid and combo TV tuner solutions easily enable best-in-class HD reception for Windows Media Center bundled with Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate editions, as well as Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. The TV Wonder products complement media-rich AMD Live! PCs.

VisionTek Products executive VP and COO Michael Innes says, "AMD’s TV Wonder family makes HDTV multimedia PCs a reality. The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB and ATI TV Wonder 600 series deliver exceptional performance at a great price for PC owners who want to experience HDTV in their home, office or dorm room. We are thrilled to offer our customers the greatest selection of best-in-class TV tuners for the PC."

The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB is a combo-tuner DVR (digital video recorder) allowing users to switch between analogue and digital TV to watch and record a digital TV program while watching/recording an analog TV channel.

The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB features ClearQam tuning to receive unencrypted digital content from local cable television providers. The new offering also features high image quality, advanced 2D and 3D comb filtering, and FM tuner powered by ATI Theater 650 Pro.

ATI TV Wonder products feature Catalyst Media Center software - a big-screen TV interface with an electronic programming guide, DVD authouring and playback, video conversion and AMD Live! OnDemand to access the DVR from any computer with a broadband connectivity.

 
 
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